In this thread, you are invited to post memories of and/or links to your favorite Arena battles of the past.

You are also invited to suggest battles involving current TORnadoes. I'll post a couple to get the ball rolling.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

You might enjoy this link to the old Arena board, right before the Big Change to the new boards. Iron Chef Chen Kenichi and Challenger Samwise Gamgee? Gandalf vs. Yoda? Fellowship of the Monocle? What was going on back there?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

If Sil doesn't win this one, I for one am going to be extremely disappointed. I know who's fairest of them all.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

They share a birthday, physical appearance, approximate age, and a love of folk dance (Eastern European for ADB, British Isles for Magpie.) What happens when we put them on the same dance floor together?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

They share a birthday, physical appearance, approximate age, and a love of folk dance (Eastern European for ADB, British Isles for Magpie.) What happens when we put them on the same dance floor together?

True all that except for physical appearance. I suspect we're very similar in how we dress. But I've seen pictures of you AD, you're much more fit and slim than I am!

oh dear... I never come in here and only did today to see what this room was doing in the party. I have no clue how to 'play' this game. I certainly can't be witty and play! You have a jump on me because International Dancers do a smattering of British Isles but I have very little experience with International.

I never come in here either; I was tapped for this because of a little altercation I somehow got embroiled in a few weeks ago.

That was the funniest thing I've ever seen in the arena! Thanks. I'll remember to look out for those pig bladders in the future! :-DDDD

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

And many of the old Arena posters never came over to the new boards. Sparki, Finrod Felagund 5, Man of Rohan, caleby, to name just a few. No offense to the new boards, but the Arena has just never been the same.

We had a contest over whether Sauron should choose a monocle or a contact lens which spurred quite a lot of monocle related jokes for many years. I wish I could find that old thread.

with me vs. EowynShieldmaiden(_?). I think it ended with her sphincter being used as a hockey puck...(among all the other parts I'd already put to various uses *heh* )...... None of the other Eowyns ever got uppity with me after that either...*looks puzzled*

Well, i will submit my vote here. I vote for Barbie. Yup, there's no butts about it:). ''What connects Nature to the spiritual, or requires the presence of the latter? In positive terms, as Alkis Kontos points out, when nature was still largely experienced as integral, alive and active, 'It was the spiritual dimension of the world, its enchanted, magical quality that rendered it infinite, not amenable to complete calculability; spirit could not be quanified; it permitted and invited mythologization.' And I would add, it still is and does.'' Patrick Curry-Defending Middle-Earth-Tolkien: Myth and Modernity - chapter: 'The Sea: Spirituality and Ethics.'

May the grace of Manwë let us soar with eagle's wings! In the air, among the clouds in the sky Here is where the birds of Manwe fly Looking at the land, and the water that flows The true beauty of earth shows With the stars of Varda lighting my way In all the realms this is where I stay In the realm of Manwë Súlimo

Uh-oh, you'll have to make that a three-way battle before too long...NEB is only 46 posts away from morphing into Half-Elven!

But to even come close to gramma in immortality? Not a snowball's chance in Mordor!

There can be only One...and by the time any of the rest of us reach that milestone, she'll be long at the next level! Maia? Vala? Eärendil? ...In honor of .........TORN's annual......Founder's Day Celebration...........Established 4/26/09